With regard to feminism, the following brief articles offer some insight on the Afro-Brasileira experience:
- Black Feminism in Brazil – The Role of Religion, Afro-Brazilian Feminism and Two Non-Governmental Organizations
- Feminism in the Favela
- Fighting Poverty, Plagued by Violence: Why 10,000 Black Women in Brazil Marched for Their Rights
{Racial divides in Brazilian feminism can be traced to a foundational chasm in relationship to work. “We speak of the issue of the ditch,” dos Santos explained, “we realize the feminist movement is by white middle-class women and that these white women are demanding their right to go to work, while the poor black women, have been in the market ever since.”}
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